As life expectancy continues to expand for cancer patients, clinicians are increasingly dealing with oncological complications like cardiotoxicity, according to a medical team in the Netherlands—and those doctors are met with a paucity of research on the topic.

Charles E. Chambers, MD, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about the risks of radiation exposure to interventional cardiologists and potential solutions.

A cardiologist at the University of Washington has created a simulator using real patient images to teach transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to cardiology fellows and anesthesiology residents.

Carotid ultrasound improves the cardiovascular risk stratification of individuals with the skin condition hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), according to a study published Jan. 4 in PLOS One.

Specialized imaging technology known as velocity-selective arterial spin labeling (VSASL) could detect placental abnormalities in fetuses affected by congenital heart disease (CHD) before they become irreversible, a Children’s National Health System research team has announced.

Despite being rarely performed in patients with non-shockable cardiac rhythms, coronary angiography led to a substantial survival benefit with a favorable neurological outcome, according to a study in PLOS One.

Higher low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels—even those considered well within normal range—were independently associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in a study of middle-aged adults without standard cardiovascular risk factors, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

A positive echocardiogram (ECG) stress test can predict not just cardiovascular mortality but also death due to cancer, a team of Italian researchers reported this week in the Journal of the American Heart Association.